War Diet Reduces German vigor says insurance report
Leipzig company 1917 report details weakened German workers due to war diet and factory labor shifts. It covers rising sickness, longer case durations, doctor shortages in Berlin and Cologne, and added stress on women in industry. It notes Austria Hungary TB rise and food ration concerns.
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New York
Leipzig Company
Germany
Leipzig
Berlin
Cologne
Pepfon
Propaganda Lies Target Soldiers and Allies Deceive Public
The article debunks German and allied propaganda about American soldiers in France and homefront fears. It cites stories of mutilated soldiers, false ship arrivals, and grain and liquor rumors as fabrications designed to scare relatives and sway opinion. It notes censorship rules and incorrect origins, urging skepticism of sensational reports from Cedarville, Milton, and Colorado across wartime Britain and allies.
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Washington
Des Moines Ed
Colorado
Wilson
Hoover
Great Britain
English railways praised as American troops arrive in Europe
American officers directing troop transport in England set records for moving large numbers of soldiers. In seven trains on July 7, 220 cars carried 10,220 men in six hours. Thousands more were moved in short spans, then rested and fed before rejoining the front. Welsh towns welcomed the troops with enthusiastic displays in Cardiff Swansea Newport and Barry.
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United States
The
Fuel Administration
Chicago
War Department
Department
London
Europe
Debarkation
Weekly Dispatch
Wales
Cardiff
Swansea
Newport
Barry
Digestive Relief Found in Cham berlain's Tablets
Mrs. Blanche Bowers of Indiana Pennsylvania reports long years of poor digestion improved after using Cham berlain's Tablets. She credits the product with restoring her digestion to normal and notes it is available at Lemmon's Drug Store.
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Chamberlain’s
Blanche Bowers
Indiana
Lemmon
Adv
Senator Lewis Arrives in Europe on Government Mission
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis arrived in Europe, according to a cable to William L. O Connell. He is abroad on government business and carries a diplomatic mission.
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Chicago
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Europe
William L. O'Connell
Lewis
Grain saved by Iowa threshers nets 2.5 million bushels
United States Food Administrator J F Deems estimates Iowa threshers create grain saving associations across 9 9 counties with 7 469 threshers forming groups. The program aims to save about 2 5 million bushels of grain this season and warns farmers to guard fields from fire near rail right of ways to prevent further losses.
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United States
J. F. Deems
Iowa
Food Administration
Deems
Food Administration drives to curb livestock losses and sugar ration
An Iowa agitation targets preventing cattle slaughter at railroad crossings and rights of way, citing a $20,000 loss by one line and over $500,000 yearly in Iowa. It urges tighter fences and guards for livestock grazing along highways. Sugar shortages loom, with August allotments at 7.5 million pounds and strict per person monthly limits for households and hotels. The message clarifies the continued substitute program and wheat flour exchange allowances for farmers, stressing no abandonment of conservation efforts.
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Ladislaus Detre
Pester Lloyd
Hungary
Muencher Post
Mahutte
Bavaria
Vorwaerts
Germany
The
Food Administration
Iowa
America
Berlin
Red Cross urged to cut between meal snacks in food drive
Dr A E Kepford reports a Miss Neale protest against Red Cross afternoon teas and mid meal functions that waste food. He notes sugar use at home dominates consumption and urges education by food conservation committees to avoid eating between meals. New sugar crops will ease shortages later.
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A. E. Kepford
Iowa Red Cross
American Red Cross
Detroit Bites Into Brown Sugar Diet Amid Shortage
Detroit faces a rationing shift as it curbs granulated and white sugar use, pushing residents toward brown sugar to stretch supplies until the shortage is resolved.
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Detroit
Iowa Soldier Describes German Gunners Chained to Guns
A Cedar Falls correspondent quotes Seret R. W. Sisson in a July 20 letter recounting Frano-American operations near the Marne. He describes chained German gunners, intense artillery duels, mass Allied casualties, and a rapid American breakthrough toward Paris with the Third Division leading a push to Berlin.
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Cvass
Marne
Seret
R. W. Sisson
Elsie Offelt
Paris
Sisson
Bosehee's German Syrup Ad For Cough Relief Across America
An advertisement touts Bosehee's German Syrup as a fifty two year remedy for coughs bronchitis colds throat and lung trouble. It promises restful nights and easy morning expectoration and credits Lemmon's Pharmacy as the seller.
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United States
Nature
Lemmon
Advt
Cleaning Hardwood Floors With Gasoline Reported
A suggestion advises wiping badly spotted dirty hardwood floors with gasoline. Use a clean cheesecloth dampened with gasoline and rub the surface vigorously, changing cloths when they become heavily soiled.
Free canning guide offer to aid fruit packing
A wartime era notice promotes a free canning and drying book with two cents postage enclosed. It references a National War Garden Commission in Washington DC and urges readers to request the guide by mail for practical food preservation.
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Washington, D. C
Fairfield Moves to Recruit National Guard Company
Fairfield Iowa August 15 There is a chance the town armory will rejoin military use steps are taken to secure a national guard company for Jefferson county Henry Oliver is named recruiting officer and will be at the armory each evening to take names and provide information If formed the group would join Ottumwa as southeastern Iowa units with ready armory and equipment for immediate drill and training to gain advantage if called into service
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Fairfield
Iowa
National Guard
Jefferson County
Henry Oliver
Towa
Ottumwa
Fire sweeps Ocean View amusement park in Norfolk
Fire practically cleared the Ocean View amusement portion near Norfolk Aug 14. Flames started in a kitchen and soon laid the park in ruins. The Ocean View hotel was saved after a bucket brigade formed by bluejackets.
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Norfolk
Ocean View
Bay Resort
Australian claims speedy tanning process breakthrough
An Australian chemist prefects a new tanning method that allegedly tans sole leather in seven days calf skins in six hours and other hides proportionately faster, marking a claimed breakthrough in leather processing.
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